Police: Good Samaritan not such a helper

[October 07, 2010]  WAITE PARK, Minn. (AP) -- Police in central Minnesota said a man who claimed he was assaulted and robbed while helping two people was lying.

Waite Park Police Chief Dave Bentrud said the 34-year-old Cold Spring man admitted to making the crime up, but it's unclear why.

The man had originally said he stopped Sept. 23 to help two men changing a flat tire at Stearns County roads 137 and 6, but instead the two men hit him in the head with a tire iron and robbed him.

Bentrud said the investigator found inconsistencies in the story Tuesday. He said the man's injuries were self-inflicted and the scene was staged.

The St. Cloud Times reported that the man faces a possible charge of filing a false police report.

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Information from: St. Cloud Times, http://www.sctimes.com/

[Associated Press]

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